Fall
Fall is here.
The rains have started.
The days are much shorter now.
The winter wheat planting has started.
Mr. Moose has been around looking for Mrs. Moose.
As Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes said, day by day nothing seems to change, but pretty soon everything’s different.
Including us.
Clearly we are living in troubled times. How we are is a reflection of how we act. The last part in the Buddha’s teaching called The Five Remembrances is “my actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.” Finding a way to act that is helpful can be a challenge. I don’t have any answers. Silence is my teacher.
“It has been a troubling week. People keep asking me what they should be doing. My advice is still the same: get out of debt … and invest in learning — spend your time and money learning essential capacities that will make you resilient no matter what … Learn how to grow and make and fix and maintain your own stuff, and do so in community with people you love and trust (contrary to the old western movies, loners perish, while people with strong caring networks do well). Buy goods that are more durable, even if they cost more. Buy less. Value your money less and your time and relationships more. And pace yourself … the Long Emergency has clearly, now, begun.”Dave Pollard How to Save the World
